to mind; to care about; to be an issue; to matter; to keep company; to care for; to interfere with
indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; indicates a confident conclusion; indicates emotional emphasis; indicates question
space (between); gap; period of time (during, while); duration; between (two parties or things); among (a group); relations (between)
to say; to utter; to name; to call; to go (e.g. "the alarm went ping"); to make a noise
dice; die; baton (of command)
female; smaller (of the two); weaker; (arch.) woman; (arch.) wife
to convey; to report; to transmit; to communicate; to tell; to impart
hey; you; hey; hey; hold on; yo
to laugh; to smile; to sneer; to ridicule; to be dumbfounded; to be flabbergasted
past; after; too (much); over- (e.g. eating)
adds force to a statement, decision or conclusion; indicates command; (strongly) emphasizes the previous word; adds focus; some- (e.g. something, someone)
to come down; to go down; to hang; to dangle; to move back; to step back; to deteriorate
source (of a river); fountainhead; source; origin; root
Qi (kingdom in China during the Spring and Autumn Period and the Period of the Warring States); Ch'i
teacher; instructor; sensei; title or form of address for a teacher, master, doctor, lawyer, etc.; intimate or teasing form of address; (arch.) one's elder
ah!; oh!; yes; indeed; aah; gah
excuse me; pardon me; I'm sorry; thank you; you shouldn't have; it's too much
already; yet; soon; shortly; further; more
closing up shop (for the day); stopping business; going out of business
indicates word or phrase being defined; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); with; (not) as much as; (not) so much as; the fact that
to think; to consider; to think (of doing); to plan (to do); to judge; to assess; to imagine
please; kindly; by all means; certainly; here you are; to give
now; the present time; just now; another; more
honorific/polite/humble prefix
place; spot; address; district; area; one's house; point
so; therefore; accordingly; consequently; on those grounds; that is why
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
doctor's visit; house call
yes; that is correct; um; errr; huh?; grrr
midsummer (late July through early August); dog days (of summer); final 18 days of each season on the traditional solar calendar
even though; despite; when
meal (e.g. lunch, dinner); diet
indicates direct object of action; indicates subject of causative expression; indicates an area traversed; indicates time (period) over which action takes place; indicates point of departure or separation of action; indicates object of desire, like, hate, etc.
to forget; to leave carelessly; to be forgetful of; to forget about; to forget (an article)
to finish; to stop; to close (a business, etc.); to close down; to put away; to put back
seeming ...; appearing ...; -ish; like a ...; typical of ...
but; however; even; however; no matter how; ... or something; either ... or ...
to fall (over, down); to collapse; to be destroyed (in a collapse); to collapse; to be confined to bed (with an illness); to come down with; to die
honorific/polite/humble prefix; honorific suffix
to save face; to keep face; to not lose face
it seems; I think; I guess; right?; don't you agree?
truth; reality; proper; right; genuine; authentic
to wait; to await; to look forward to; to depend on; to need
to give; to confer; to bestow; to kindly do for one; to oblige; to favour